Religious Zionism, Jewish Law, and the Morality of War
Robert Eisen, professor of religion and Judaic studies, examines a dilemma within modern Jewish thought: Although the state of Israel has been plagued by war for much of its...
Faculty Books
From the history of race and caste in Latin America to the role of music in religion around the world, Columbian College faculty publish numerous thought-provoking and timely titles every year. Their work has topped bestseller lists, inspired debate and dialogue and received positive reviews from high-profile outlets like the Los Angeles Review of Books and The New York Times.
Puntos de encuentro: A Cross-Cultural Approach to Advanced Spanish
María J. de la Fuente (Spanish) rethinks Advanced Spanish collegiate instruction by combining task- and content-based language pedagogy.
The Evolution of Black Women in Television: Mammies, Matriarchs and Mistresses
History and evolution of the portrayal of Black women in television.
Ippolita Maria Sforza: Duchess and Hostage in Renaissance Naples: Letters and Orations
Book authored by faculty member Lynn Westwater.
Set in Stone: America's Embrace of the Ten Commandments
Presentation on America's embrace of the ten commandments
Victorian Photography, Literature, and the Invention of Modern Memory: Already the Past
Presentation on Victorian photography
Multilingual Subjects: On Standard English, Its Speakers, and Others in the Long Eighteenth Century
Presentation on different varieties of English
Professor of English Jeffrey Jerome Cohen teams with planetary scientist Linda T. Elkins-Tanton to explore what happens when we think of the Earth as an object viewable from space...